Oulu Mining Summit 2018

Oulu Mining School (University of Oulu) and Business Oulu have the pleasure to cordially invite you to the upcoming annual Oulu Mining Summit.

The theme for 2018 is Mining Engineering.

Oulu Mining Summit aims to build up a platform for mining companies, universities, research institutes, consulting companies and other mining-related enterprises. The summit is:

to disseminate updated science and technology covering the whole chain from geology and geophysics to mining engineering and mineral processing,

to present successful examples from mining or mining-related industry,

to exchange knowledge, experience and ideas, and

to discuss the challenges in current mining and mining related fields.

The first Summit was on Mineral Processing in 2016, and the second Summit was on Geological Exploration. The third Summit will be held on September 3-5, 2018 at the University of Oulu.

This summit will focus on mining engineering and technology in Finland, and its main topics are mining method and ore recovery, rock drilling and rock blasting, in-situ stresses and rock support, deep mining, rock bursts and seismic events, digitalization and artificial intelligence, mining safety and environment impact, optimization from mine to mill and education and professional training in mining industry.

PROGRAM:

Monday 3 September 201817:00 to 21:00 Icebreaker evening in the Oulu Mining School Research Center

The summit will arrange a one-day visit to Kemi mine which is the only chrome ore mine in Europe. Kemi mine is one of modern underground mines with high automation and mechanization. The participants will see main operations in the underground and the surface during the visit.